15 Fun & Creative Sandwich Ideas for Kids

Sandwich Ideas

Creative sandwiches for my kids are great to make when my little ones have friends over. Even on a hot summer day, a creative sandwich for the kids before they hit the pool is worth making. Or a cold winter afternoon, a cup of soup and a sandwich is the best way to get them to eat. The more creative I am, the more the kids get involved in making the sandwiches with me.

I found some excellent ideas that are almost too pretty to eat. I made them sandwiches, and the kids ate them up. I don't think they cared whether the sandwiches were healthy or not. They looked fun and tasted that good. So, let’s have some fun making healthy and creative sandwiches.

I would even say they are time savers, artistic, and tasty. All I did was use cookie cutters to shape the flowers from bread.

Four Cute Ideas Like Sandwich Kabobs

Tulip Sandwich

Oh my gosh, I love this sandwich because it is so colorful and fun. Gosia at Kiddie Foodies shared this recipe with me. I took her suggestion and used a bread roll, slice of ham, slice of orange cheese, red and orange peppers, cucumber, lettuce, and butter. I am sure you can substitute ham for salami or turkey. Kiddie Foodies has shown me how to take any theme a creative sandwich. It did take more time than the others, but it was worth it.

Gosia at Kiddie Foodies - Lovely Flowers for Lunch

Tea Flower Sandwich

These sandwiches are refreshing because of the colors. My kids giggled when they saw them. Home Cooking in Montana got me carried away when I saw the recipes. Each sandwich is a piece of art and fun to make with the kids. They are easy to make, too, because the ingredients are not that complicated.

I would even say they are time savers, artistic, and tasty. All I did was use cookie cutters to shape the flowers from bread. I filled the bread with egg salad, tuna salad, meatloaf. The next time, I make them I will check for different kinds leftovers such as turkey, chicken, and roast beef.

Home Cooking in Montana - Pretty Flowers with Juice

Five Clever Sandwich Ideas

This sandwich is adorable and comes with a nicely written rhyme.

Cowbell Sandwich

This sandwich is adorable and comes with a nicely written rhyme. I watched as the little hands picked up the cowbell with a smile on my daughter's face. She ate the whole bell at once and giggled. Making this sandwich was so easy because I just put the pieces together. There was hardly any cutting.

I followed what Little Nummies said and cut the corners of the bread for ears, cut string cheese for horns and eyes, added a slice of apple for the bell, and a ham slice became the nose with pickle slices as nostrils.

Little Nummies - Ring the Cowbell Before You Bite

Let's Go Fly a Kite

I learned how to make "Let's go fly a kite" at Recipe.com. It’s a breeze to make because I just used the ingredients I had on hand. I added celery stock, stick cheese, and baby carrots. They required some cutting, but it was worth it.

My kids love ham, so I made a ham sandwich and cut it into the shape of a kite. I took the string cheese and cut it lengthwise, so I had cheese strips for the kite dimensions. I made a kite tail by peeling a nice long strip from a celery stock. It was easy making the triangle pieces from the baby carrots because I used a small, sharp knife. Don't they look like little bows on the tail?

Recipe.com - Let's Go Fly a Kite for Lunch

Pinto Pony

Both my daughters love horses and couldn't resist this sandwich from Ziggy Zoom. I took their suggestion and made the sandwich when my kids' friends were over for a swimming party. Perfect for any party activity but went well with the pool party. It takes some work to create it but well worth it. Seeing the smiles on their faces made me feel all the effort paid off.

I took three slices of bread, celery sticks, a radish slice for the eye, yellow pepper, orange pepper, carrot sticks, and sandwich filling. The fillings are cream cheese, peanut butter, and jelly, or egg salad. I used peanut butter because that was all I had. Even tuna is used, which I plan to use next time.

Ziggy Zoom - I'm a Little Pony, Klippity Klop

Thai Breakfast Toast

My kids had a creative time making this open-faced sandwich with a Thai flair. The recipe reminds me of peanut butter toast in the morning, but the lime juice, cilantro, and sriracha take it to a whole new level of flavor. I chopped the cilantro and quartered the lime, but my kids created the rest of the breakfast toast.

At first, I wasn’t sure about the recipe, but I enjoy the taste of cilantro and lime – not to mention peanut butter and peanuts. Once the chopping and slicing were out of the way, the sandwich was easy and fast to make.

You toast your favorite bread, spread on the peanut butter, sprinkle the cilantro, sprinkle peanuts, squeeze a quarter lime, and dribble some sriracha over the toast. If the kids want something sweeter, they can drip some local honey over the top.

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I tell my kids a hero ain't nothing but a sandwich.

All Star Sandwich Bar

Fun and creative sandwich ideas for my kids is a simple but creative way to spend an early afternoon. Even a quick and easy breakfast toast with cinnamon, peanut butter, and banana before school is a great way to get my kids well-fed.

Sometimes, my kids even help me make the sandwiches. It is a creative process, and I feel proud of myself. When the kids help make the sandwiches, they are proud, too.

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Teresa

6 months ago

These are too cute to eat! I plan to substitute the ham with turkey - Thanksgiving leftovers!

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Kenna McHugh

17 months agofrom Northern California

Thank you, Nievs. I have fun making them and eating them.

Nievs

17 months agofrom Rizal, the Philippines

Boring school lunches no more! These are so cute! :)

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Kenna McHugh

23 months agofrom Northern California

Maz, thank you. They are so much fun to make.

Maz Fouche

23 months ago

These sandwiches look too cute!

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Kenna McHugh

2 years agofrom Northern California

Yes...either it is me eating the leftovers or my husband. LOL!

Lena Durante

2 years agofrom San Francisco Bay Area

That makes sense, Kenna. I guess you end up doing a lot of "clean-up" eating as a parent, anyway. (I don't have kids yet, myself.)

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Kenna McHugh

2 years agofrom Northern California

Spanish Food,

Thank you for visiting. Good point and I know what you mean. I have the food prepared before my kids arrive, though sometimes they help. I usually end up eating the scraps. : ) Nothing goes to waste. I can promise you that.

Lena Durante

2 years agofrom San Francisco Bay Area

Oh my gosh, these are adorable. But what do you do with all the extra that gets trimmed off? It seems like such a waste, and I want to teach kids not to throw away perfectly good food!

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Kenna McHugh

2 years agofrom Northern California

Thank you so much for visiting!!

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Kenna McHugh

2 years agofrom Northern California

RTalloni, Thank you for visiting. I know, I get a kick out of finding ways to get my kids to eat healthier. What were you thinking of making?

RTalloni

2 years agofrom the short journey

Such cute ideas to make lunchtime extra fun! The pictures are inspiring, making me think of ways to develop new ideas.

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Kenna McHugh

2 years agofrom Northern California

Please take a look at my latest article. Cute and Yummy sandwiches for kids at heart.

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